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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

9 Colleges
$61,096 Avg Salary
$21,203 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked #25 in the country. In fact 40,596 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named A T Still University of Health Sciences the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 215 students majoring in public health at A T Still University of Health Sciences, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Of the 58 students majoring in public health at Mizzou, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 32 students majoring in public health at Capella University, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Kansas State University is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

About 67% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#6

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Park University, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#7

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

With a ranking of #7, University of North Dakota did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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With a ranking of #8, Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Des Moines, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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Explore the most popular online public health schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 888
Minnesota 962
Kansas 107
Iowa 310
Nebraska 149
North Dakota 46
South Dakota 45

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Public Health is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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